Risk and benefit perceptions of party drug use

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-142

  White, Bethany ^a,e   Degenhardt, Louisa ^a   Breen, Courtney ^a   Bruno, Raimondo ^b   Newman, Jaclyn ^c   Proudfoot, Phoebe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit perception; Ecstasy; Harm reduction; Party drugs; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 29044447637     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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